Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:36:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Christoph Sold <cs@cheasy.de> To: "Nick LoPresti" <nick@chromatix.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Video formats on FreeBSD Message-ID: <14240.18790.994820.481249@kiste.cheasy.de> In-Reply-To: <102321202@toto.iv>
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Nick LoPresti writes: > I posted a message earlier(Subject: .asf files) but no one replied. D= on't > worry guys, I understand. > My question sorta changed anyways... here goes: > Is there a way to play .asf files on FreeBSD? It is Micro$oft's strea= ming > video format(or something like that). I imagine you have to install > something and run it under X. I just can't seem to find this oh so > wonderful program. Thanks for the help guys. Since nobody answered yet, I guess there is nothing supporting this M$-private format. Following digital video closely, I never saw anything supporting this format but DOS-enhancers. Anyway, it won=B4t play under most Winblows boxes, too ;-) Seriously: There seems to be nothing compatible with Microsoft=B4s .asf format. IMHO, this was done intentionally. OTOH, to get any streaming format working, you have to use one of a few known compression methods, only the compression parameters vary. So if you can get hold of the format, it would be relatively easy to adapt existing video decompressors. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... -Christoph Sold= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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